Combination rubber-stamp and pen rack



L. B. LINDQUIST. COMBINATION RUBBER STAMP AND PEN HACK.

l I APPLICATION FILED QCT. 4. 1919,

L'. B. LINDQUIST. COMBINATION vRUBBER STAMP AND PEN RACK.

APPL|CAT|0N\FILED OCT. 4, 1919. Apr. 27,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

'UNiTED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

LEONARD LB. LrNnaUrsT,v or MAIDA, NORTH DAKOTA.

COMBI-NATION RUBBER-STAMP yAND PEN RACK.

'Application filed October 4, 1919. 'Serial No. 328,532.

To all whom t may concern' v Be it known that I, LEONARD B. L1Nn- QUrsT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maida, in the county of. Cavalier and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Rubber-S`tamp and Pen Racks, of which the following is a speciication, ref-- erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to supporting racks, and particularly to a rack for supporting rubber stamps and other articles of stationery.

The general object of the invention is to provide a very simple, neat, and convenient rack designed for the purpose of supporting rubber stamps, the rack being so formed as to protect or house the rubber stamps from dust, and also being so formed that the rubber stamps will be readily removed or replaced.

A further and very important object of the invention is to provide a construction of this character so formed that the impression of a rubber stamp may be placed upon the face of the rack associated with the slot for engaging the handle of the stamp so as to make it plain what stamp is intended to be disposed in each slot and make the selection of a rubber stamp particularly convenient, land further whereby this impressure of the rubber stamp may be readily rubbed 0E when the stamp is changed so as to permit a new impression to be disposed upon the face of the rack.

A further object is to provide a device of` this character which will not only sustain rubber stamps in convenient position for use, but will also sustain pens, an ink pad for the rubber stamps, and be provided with an ink well.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rack constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing a stamp in place withinthe rack;

Fig. 3 is a section onthe line 3 3 of' Fig. 1; j

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Alpi'. 1920.

Fig. '6 is a fragmentary longitudinalscc` tionthrough that end of the rack supporting the ink well and the pad. Y Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my improved rack is preferably formed of thin sheet metal, though it might be formed of glass, china, orany other suitable material, this rack being angular in form to provide webs 10 and 11 extending at right angles to each other to provide end webs 13 and 14. If the rack is made of glass, china, or like material, supporting ribs might be formed at intervals between the web 10 and the web 11 to assist in supporting the latter and resisting any tendency to break. At the end adjacent the web 13, the material of the rack is. laterally extended, as at 14', and formed with upwardly extending flanges to receive and hold a rubber pad 15. The material of the web 11 adjacent the' end 14 is downwardly bent, as at 16, and the web 11. at this point is transversely slotted, as at 17, and the web 1G correspondingly notched to form aV plurality of pen holder receiving recesses.

A certain portion of the web 11 is formed with inwardly extending slots 18l which, as

y illustrated, have parallel side walls and are designed to receive the molded handles of hand stamps. Another portion vofthe web 11 is formed withrelatively wide, inwardly extending recesses or slot 19 so formed as to receive stamps having knob handles. At one extremity the web 11 is formed with an opening 2() normally closed by a'cover and disposed beneath this opening is an ink well.

One of the main features of my invention resides in the construction of this device of such material that the outer face of the web 11 is smooth and glassy in character so that the impression of the stamp which is intended to be disposed in any one slot may be made upon the face of the web 11 at a point adjacent this slot, as illustrated at A in Fig. 1, so as to indicate the stamp which is to be inserted in this slot. This impression of the stamp may be wiped off or washed ofi' of this glazed face very readily so that a new impression may be made when the stamp is changed. By this means, it is possible to keep all the stamps in regular order and permit any one stamp to be readily found and -used and put back in place .without the necessity of making impressions on slips of paper and pasting them upon the rack. This, of course, does away with the necessityY of looking on the stamp or trying it in order to see if the right stamp has been secured.

Except as regards the use of material for a stamp rack which' will have a glazed surface adapted to receive the stamp impression and have the same impression washed oil' therefrom, I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction illustrated in the drawing, as it is obvious that this feature might be applied to stamp supporting racks of widely varied character. It will be seen that the rack may be cheaply made, that it is very convenient, that it supports hand Stamps, pens and the pad for the stamps in convenient position, and that the stamps are protected, to a large extent, from dust.

I claim A rack of the character described, angular in cross section to provide a vertical web and a horizontal web and having vertical ends extending downward from the horizontal web and at right angles to the vertical web, and the horizontal web having inwardly extending slots from the free edge ofthe web adapted to receive the handles of rubber stamps.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aHiX my signature.

LEONARD B. LINDQUIST. 

